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Admiralty: Royal Marines Pay Office: Records
These records of the Marine Pay Office and Accountant General's Department consist of:In-letters, 1690 to 1810. Out-Letters, 1778 to 1819. Accounts, 1695 to 1831. General and recruiting ledgers, general, divisonal and regimental accounts, half pay ca…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1688-1862
- Reference
- ADM 96
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Chancery and Supreme Court: Chancery Division: Directions
These Direction Books provide an audit of the stages for settlements and directions by the Administrators of the estate or investment directions by Masters in Chancery pertaining to particular estates. Typically, they are arranged chronologically by …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1841-1844
- Reference
- J 338
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Court for Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations:...
Depositions of witnesses in causes heard by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury or, during the Commonwealth period, the Court for Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations.The depositions were taken by officials at the Court's registry and were t…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1657-1809
- Reference
- PROB 24
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Foreign Office: Consulates, Siam: Letter Books
This series contains letter books from the British consulates in Siam. The records cover the period 1876-1879, during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).These letter books were produced by the staff of the permanent consulate in Bangkok. They c…
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1876-1879
- Reference
- FO 690
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Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966
This series contains correspondence, etc., of the Foreign Office's Political Departments (including the War Department, 1914 to 1920, the Political Intelligence Department, 1918 to 1920, and the Political Intelligence Department, 1939-1946), and of c…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1903-1966
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- FO 371
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Bundles of Proxies
Documents appointing proctors to act on behalf of persons with an interest in business in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The vast majority of them relate either to renunciations of their rights by executors and next of kin of intestates, or to …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1674-1718
- Reference
- PROB 19
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Board of Inland Revenue and predecessors: Estate Duty Office and predecessors: Registers...
These registers of the Estate Duty Office were previously known for convenience as death duty registers, but relate to the payment of three different taxes: legacy duty, succession duty and estate duty. The information in the registers was supplement…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1796-1903
- Reference
- IR 26
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Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and...
This series consists of correspondence of the Poor Law Commission, the Poor Law Board and the Local Government Board with Poor Law Unions and other Local Authorities. It covers the years 1834 to 1900. Poor law unions were collections or groups of par…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1834-1900
- Reference
- MH 12
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Files of Exhibits pre 1722
This series consists largely of files of exhibits maintained by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury between 1666 and 1717, and before the establishment of the court's main series of exhibits in 1722. However there are also some other files containing…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1658-1723
- Reference
- PROB 32
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Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related jurisdictions, including wills and other probate matters.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1383-c1900
- Reference
- PROB
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Answers
Prerogative Court of Canterbury answers entered as the response made by the opposing party to the allegation of the plaintiff.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1664-1854
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- PROB 25
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Foreign Office: Shanghai Courts, China: Judges' and Magistrates' Notebooks
This series contains the notebooks of judges and magistrates sitting in supreme, police, provincial and summary courts at Shanghai. Types of cases recorded in the notebooks include civil, criminal, divorce and intestate cases, inquests, bankruptcy an…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1865-1941
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- FO 1092
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Registrar of the High Court of Delegates and of the High Court of Admiralty: Cause...
Mainly cause papers not filed in other High Court of Delegates series, but also a substantial number of records of the High Court of Admiralty, mainly from the mid seventeenth century, which may have been exhibited before the court. Miscellaneous mat…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1582-1834
- Reference
- DEL 2
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HM Customs and Excise: Purchase of Land to Build Customs House, London
This series contains records relating to the purchase of land to build Customs House, London. The records include mortgage and leasehold agreements, Land Tax receipts, copies of Last Will and Testaments, burial certificates, legal rulings on land own…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1612-1953
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- CUST 210
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Commission Books
Commission books of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury used to document the issue of commissions and requisitions to swear executors and administrators.The two earliest books cover the period 1678 to 1701, and sometimes supply the date of death of t…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1678-1857
- Reference
- PROB 17
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Probate Search Website
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Probate Search website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- From 2014
- Reference
- GUK 86
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Bound Volumes of Depositions
Bound volumes of depositions of witnesses in causes heard by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury for the period 1826-1858. In a few instances interrogatories, and exhibits annexed to interrogatories or cited in the depositions were bound up with the …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1809-1858
- Reference
- PROB 26
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Caveat Books
Entry books of Caveats or warnings from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury made to prevent the issue of grants of probate and administration, and to initiate litigation.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1666-1858
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- PROB 40
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Administration Bonds before 1601
Bonds from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury entered into by administrators and administrators with will annexed. They supply the place of residence of administrators and administrators with will annexed, and the names and places of residence of th…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1541-1565
- Reference
- PROB 51
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Accounts and Papers of Record Keepers and Other...
Accounts and miscellaneous papers of Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) officials; giving details of PCC staff, and the administrative mechanisms of the Court. Although most of the records appear to have belonged to the officials of the PCC, it is…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1676-1857
- Reference
- PROB 57